Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 19 Returning the money

Du Xiaoyu squatted next to the chicken shed and stared at the big rooster, because she suddenly found a problem, why hasn't the hen hatched eggs for so long, if it is normal, there should be chicks coming out, right? ?How cute are those fluffy and chirping chicks, the more she thought about it, the more itchy she became, she turned around and ran into the house, and almost bumped into Du Huanghua.

"What are you doing, frizzy?" Du Huanghua supported the wall so as not to spill the chaff in his hand.

"Sister came to feed the chicken?" Du Xiaoyu smiled at her, "I have something to ask you."

"What's the matter?" Du Huanghua opened the door of the chicken shed, poured the chaff into the food bowl, and then scooped water from the water tank next to it with a gourd ladle, and poured it in, stirring it until it became a paste.

Several chickens swarmed up and grabbed the chicken feathers and flew straight. Those who couldn't fight were pecked until their foreheads were bleeding.

Du Xiaoyu looked at it and shook his head, hey, chickens are also predators of the jungle, that reed-white hen has no hair on its neck, how pitiful it is.She picked up a thin stick and poked the big cock hard. It likes to show off its might the most, and it doesn't know what it is. It can't even give birth to a chick, and it disturbs people's dreams every morning!
"Don't get hurt, they will be slaughtered and eaten during the Chinese New Year." Du Huanghua glanced at her.

"What?" Du Xiaoyu was taken aback, "Mother is willing?"

"It's just what mother said, the Chinese New Year must be a bit oily, and after the Chinese New Year, the second brother will go to the exam, eat to replenish his body, I heard that the rooster is good for male babies!" Du Huanghua picked up a bundle of edamame stems and went out. "I'm going to boil some hot water. Do you want noodles or pancakes later?"

Du Xiaoyu didn't eat breakfast, so she casually said that she wanted to eat pancakes. She was still thinking about the big rooster. It seems that this chicken is really useless, otherwise Mrs. Zhao would not have killed it if there were chicks hatching. It is also very pitiful!She lowered her head and picked a vegetable from the pile of green vegetables and handed it to the big rooster from the net bag, and three big words came out of her mind, "Roast the chicken cock!"

But there doesn't seem to be such a thing as red pepper here, I'm afraid it won't burn.

The big cock didn't know what she was thinking, he pecked at the vegetables happily, and even made two noises in excitement.

After Du Huanghua finished boiling the hot water, she baked an egg pancake for her and went out to exchange for Mrs. Zhao.

Du Xiaoyu continued to think about the method of dried tofu. She found that if the sun is good, it will be enough to dry for two days. Now the problem is how to make dried tofu. It must have good spices, but there are only ginger, onion, and oil and salt sauce at home. Nothing else except vinegar, such as pepper, fennel and so on.

Do you want to ask Aunt Wu's son of the peddler?Or there might be one in Feixian Town, but unfortunately, I forgot to look at it at the time. This time, when Du Huanghua went to the town, she would have to pester Du Huanghua to follow her again.

Mrs. Zhao came back in a while, but before the benches warmed up, guests came to the door.

It's Zhu's.

After Aunt Wu came back, she had already hinted to her what the Du family meant, and she clearly rejected it, but the Zhu family still came, Du Xiaoyu couldn't help worrying, it seems that this person is really difficult!
Mrs. Zhao still had the same attitude as before, and invited her into the house.

Mrs. Zhu had a sneer on her face, and she had bad words as soon as she entered the door, "Some people have their consciences eaten by dogs. My son treats you with kindness and kindness, and reduces half of the tuition fees. You are really blind!"

Mrs. Zhao patiently didn't lose her temper, and said in a low voice, "Sister Zhu, it's true that Huang Hua in our family is not good enough for Mrs. Liu. She doesn't know a single word. How can Mrs. Liu be so blessed to learn Huang Hua with such talent? It’s too embarrassing for Mrs. Liu! Sister Zhu, don’t be angry, there are many good girls in Beidong Village, and there is always someone suitable for Mrs. Liu, isn’t it?”

Mrs. Zhu slapped the table, "What words do women need to know? Having a son is a big deal! Huang Hua's figure is not the best, otherwise I would like it?"

Du Xiaoyu thought she was here to persuade her, but she didn't expect her attitude to be so bad. She was annoyed by what she heard outside the door, but what kind of onion is a scholar's mother, and she is also domineering in other people's homes?She pushed open the half-covered door and strode in, as if she had just realized Mrs. Zhu was coming, and smiled at her, "Aunt Zhu is here, ah, no, do you want to call..." She looked up at Mrs. Zhao, " Mother, I heard that Mrs. Liu's daughter is older than me, so should I call her Granny Zhu?"

The implication is that Master Liu is considered Du Huanghua's uncle, a generation older!

Mrs. Zhu was suddenly choked by her words, and she was speechless for a while, before saying, "Okay, okay, so I think I'm old, and I don't care about the reputation of your girl! First, she was dumped by the Wang family. , and was touched by the son of the Qiu family, how can it be clean? I don't dislike these things, but you still come to pick and choose!"

Mrs. Zhao blushed with anger, "Aunt Zhu, there must be a basis for what you say, our Huang Hua is innocent, don't be a bad person!"

"You made your reputation yourself, otherwise why didn't the Wang family want her at that time?" Zhu Shi giggled, "What are you pretending to be noble? If you are really noble, don't save the tuition fees. My son doesn't run an almshouse, what kind of beggar begs for food?" You have to teach me everything! Do the math, and you have given me 75 taels of cash every month for the past four years, which adds up to a few taels of silver. Since you refuse to marry, send me the money tomorrow, or don’t blame me You're welcome!"

Seeing her leaving arrogantly and domineeringly, Zhao's body trembled.

Du Xiaoyu was depressed, she didn't expect Zhu Shi to have this move, she is really invincible even if she is the cheapest!
There are twelve months in a year, four years in total, and the total cost is about four taels of silver. Even if the family has so much money, paying it back is tantamount to empty money.

Just as she was thinking, Mrs. Zhao went to the back room and slammed the door, and didn't come out until noon.

Seeing that Mrs. Zhao and Du Xiaoyu looked a little weird, the father and daughter who came back from the field looked at each other, and Du Xian asked, "My lady, what happened?"

Mrs. Zhao wiped her eyes, turned her body slightly, "It's okay, I was thinking about what to eat later, Huang Hua, go outside and pick some vegetables, and take the little fish with you." After saying that, he greeted Du Xian and went into the back room.

Du Huanghua didn't know, so she took Du Xiaoyu to the vegetable field.

Du Xian's eyes turned red when he saw Mrs. Zhao, and he hurriedly asked what was going on, so Mrs. Zhao told the story. Du Xian was furious when he heard this, and scolded, "Mr. Come back? No, I have to go and reason with her!"

Mrs. Zhao held him back, "How can I explain it? This tuition fee was reduced by Mrs. Liu. Mr. Liu has always listened to his old mother's advice. This time, he also fell in love with Du Huanghua. Maybe he is annoying us too. If he didn't ask for it himself Scolding? Besides, it’s not a good thing to make things big and other people in the village know about it, so it’s better to think of a way to return the money, luckily I’ve saved some money recently.”

Du Xian heaved a long sigh and said distressedly, "That money is for buying a good field."

This has always been Zhao's wish. How can she not feel uncomfortable, tears are about to drip down, "Then we can't let Huang Hua marry, this Zhu family doesn't seem to be good at treating his wife, Huang Hua will definitely suffer."

"That's right, our daughter can't be ruined like this." Du Xian stood up, "I'll go to Lao Pang's house to see if I can make up some money. I can't spend all the money in the house. I have to save some for shopping."

At night, Du Huanghua was embroidering flowers under the oil lamp. Du Xiaoyu crawled over and took the embroidery shed away, "It's not good for the eyes, let's embroider during the day."

Du Huanghua didn't respond, but just sat there blankly.

Seeing that Du Xiaoyu was about to fall asleep, she asked, "Did Mrs. Zhu come here during the day? I think father and mother seem very unhappy."

It's strange to be happy, a few taels of silver is driving people to death, Du Xiaoyu thought, Du Xian came back so late at night probably to collect money, if she knew this, maybe she shouldn't provoke Zhu Shi, but Zhu Shi's appearance is too irritating, Master Liu can read some books, why should he marry Du Huanghua?People don't want to come and threaten to pay back the money!

For the sake of being shameless, who would be willing to marry their daughter if they are blind!
"This time it will drag our family down." Du Huanghua sighed slightly.

Du Xiaoyu turned over and faced Du Huanghua, "What burden? Mr. Liu is so old that he is a burden to elder sister. Don't worry, sister, I will never let you marry Mrs. Liu!" A despicable person like Mrs. Zhu, If this move fails, there must be another move, just like Qiu's!
Du Huanghua smiled, but there was bitterness in his eyes.

Knowing that she didn't take her words to heart, Du Xiaoyu didn't care, just hugged her arms and fell into a dream.

When Du Wenyuan came back that day, Du Xiaoyu dragged him into the room.

"Did Mr. Liu make things difficult for you today?" She asked with concern. Although Du Wenyuan had paid back the money, but Du Wenyuan faced Mr. Liu every day.

Du Wenyuan patted her head, "Why are you like your mother? How could Mrs. Liu be such a person, that is, his old mother is a little bit bad."

"Oh, it seems that Mrs. Liu is still good." Du Xiaoyu was relieved, and looked up at him again, "You always say Mrs. Liu is good, don't you think it's good for my sister to marry him?" She didn't see Du Wenyuan There was an obvious reaction, it seemed that no matter what he encountered, he could always face it calmly, and only he himself knew whether he had thought about solving it or not.

"Of course not. Master Liu's daughter is not a few years younger than the eldest lady." He paused and patted Du Xiaoyu. There is a way."

"Then what if we can't think of a way?" Du Xiaoyu asked, "Just repaying the tuition fees will cost me all my money. I saw my mother sad yesterday. Mrs. Liu's old mother is so hateful!"

"What's there to hate?" Du Wenyuan narrowed his eyes slightly, "It's what you should have given, so let's treat it as if you don't owe Mrs. Liu." He paused and looked at Du Xiaoyu, "Your dried tofu is so good. How's it going?" Seeing her tinkering with tofu all day long, she also said that she would dry it in the sun.

It was a bit too heavy to say, and he didn't seem to want to continue, so Du Xiaoyu said, "It's almost there, just a little less spice. If everything is complete, it will definitely be delicious!"

"Spices?" Du Wenyuan thought for a while, "I'll find a way for you. If I really make it, let's go back to Feixian Town and sell dried tofu. It's nothing to pay Mr. Liu's money."

What a hero sees the same thing!Du Xiaoyu nodded excitedly, as if seeing money rolling in.

Still a small money fan, Du Wenyuan looked at her and smiled.

(End of this chapter)